quads
Oops off topic again;)
Yeah so I trust in my mate who sets his Quads up the same way, just for this type of board:)
Looking forward to some rippers on it, as this is the first quad I've had..!
It has a 5 fin set up, so surfing like TOS 3-4ft do you think ID would be good to put a tiny 5th on or just surf as a quad, have you experienced the little 5th fin before???
I know I just have to check it myself.
Cheers ID
The knubster fin is a marketing ploy . If your rear quad fins arent big enough you will then need a fifth little tiny half fin .
I feel one of the things that make a quad fast is the lack of drag from a centre fin. Maybe they just feel fast? As you say you need to try it to know.
In saying that, I reckon Ill have to get some old side fins and scallop them out with a grinder like those futures you and Dave use. Just to feel how they work. I have some 50/50 trailers.
My gut feeling is a centre fin will make it feel a lot more like a thruster.
A 50/50 foil on the trailing fins definitely make a quad feel a lot more like a thruster even without a centre fin.
That is a quads I use come off the top with more speed whereas thrusters tend to pivot off the top.
Wasn't the topic bottom turns?
Or just try your Mannion 5'10 as a thruster. That Mayhem I showed you goes way better as a thruster than a quad.
I tried a nubster fin for a few weeks, but i didn't really get into it, for me it felt like i lost some of the positives of a quad but didn't really gain the positives of a thruster, now I either quad or thruster.
Interesting though to try a proper little centre fin, but you would think you would need to go smaller (or more upright) side rears to help loosen it up, that guy in Hawaii i think his name is Greg Griffin does boards that are meant to be ridden as full five fins.
BTW. if you decide to mess around with a nubster in futures, if its a tight fit id sand it a little, once there in there so damn hard to get out.
There's a little job for Roy Stewart ....design and 3d print a little centre fin/nubster
Freeride just read your report on the fin of Roys you have been trying in your bonza......sounds good ?
EDIT: sorry Roy- you have already made a Blef nubster.
Vector fins with concave instead of flat ; less speed down the line but more grip in turns and turning arc is shorter . Vectors seem good for turns Imo
Here's some nice footage of kelly riding a quad in his world title winning year.
has any body had problems doing first bottom turn with quads? me lately landlocked. DHD said i should change big fins and small fins. Cant do this . it goes along wave as long as first turn- set up turn- not a u turn, but goes good if i take off and go along wave then crank it- gave my AB channel bottom away two weeks before his graduation. any suggestions accepted, but i am i am going have a crack one more cyclone season even with macca's tray. so crowded, hard to experiment but want figure eight cutback at full speed. if no change i borrow my my old mate ray bevan's self shaped quad, ray shane and turbo's dad - legend- need bottom turn precise. no comprimise. upside down and slotted or stay or beach.